All of the following are evidence of forces that drive plate movement EXCEPT:
A) oceanic lithosphere moves laterally away from elevated mid- ocean ridges.
B) tears and fissures occur in axial rift valleys.
C) plates that are undergoing subduction are moving faster than plates that lack subducting margins.
D) magma rising between diverging oceanic plates causes folding in the newly formed lithosphere.
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